Holder for phonograph or graphophone records



' Patented-1an. |7, |899.

C. A. GILDEMEYER.

HOLDERv FR PHONOGRAPH 0B GRAPHOPHOHE RECORDS.'

(No Model.)

25 the Atube forming a record-support.

3o thereby.

UNITED .STATES PATnNr Genios.

CHARLES A. GILDEMEYER, OF HADDONFIELI), NEW JERSEY, ASSIGNOR TO TIIEECLIPSE PACKAGE HANDLE COMPANY, OF CAMDE'N, NEIV JERSEY.

HGLDER FOR PHONOGRAPH OR GRAPHOFHGNE RECORDS.

SPECIFICATIONorming part of Letters Patent No. 61B,031,.dated January17, 1899. Application filed February 18,1898. Serial No. 670,785. (Nomodel.)

To n/ZZ whom, it may con/cern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES A. GILDE- MEYER, a citizen of the UnitedStates, and a resident et lladdoniieldamden county, New

5 Jersey, have invented certain Improvements in Holders for Phonographor Graphophone (Records, of which the' following lis a specilication.

illy invention consists of an improved forni i o of holder forphonograph or graphophone records, said holder comprising a' base uponwhich a series of suitable su pports are mounted, the Whole beingadapted to be carried in a box or placed in the drawer 'of a suitable i5cabinet.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is aperspective View of theholder, showing the manner of mounting the records thereon,with one-ofthe records removed to show the support 2o for the same. Fig. 2 is asectional View of one of the supports for the records With a recordshown` by dotted lines. Figs. 3 and e are modifications of the supportshown in Fig. 2. Fig. 5 is a sectional View of the plug fitting Fig. 6is a sectional view f a support made of sheet metal spun or pressed intothe required form7 and Fig. 7 is a sectional View of a boxcontaining-the holder and the records carried The extent to whichphonographs and graphophones are coming into use at the present day hasdemanded some means for safely handling lthe records, sincev they arefre- 435 quently changed and returned. To this end Y I have devised aholder whiohis portable, being adapted to be packed in abox for oar-,-riage While `for homeusetheholder may fit inthe drawer of a'oabinetorvdesk.

4o In theaccompanyin g drawings, 1 represen te the base of the holder,which may be of sheet metal, vpasteboard, wood, or other `suitablematerial, to Whichis secured a series of tubes 2, forming supports forthe records. These 45 tubes may be of metal, pasteboard, wood, or

nnyother suitable material and are of slightly `V`less, heigl1t thanthe-records and of less di ameter than the internal diameter ofthe same.Fitting thel tops of these tubes 2 are plugs 3,

5o 'of wood or papier-mch, having a rounded cuter surface whichexactly,iits the internal diameter of the records. The tubes 2,. if of metal,maybe secured to the base 1 by bending portions 4 of the bottom of thesame into the base, as shown in Fig. 2.

In Fig. 3 a tube of thick pasteboard 2 is shown secured to a metal bese1mi instance'ihe tube is held by means of metal clips 5, struck up fromthe base, and the plug 3 is preferably glued in the top of the" tube.

Figc.. Ll shows a support 2", made entirely of Wood, having a dowel Gfitting a-hole '.7 in the Wooden base 1b, thiswoodeu support being intins.v

turned so 'as to form the. head 8 and'beingl preferably glued to thebase.

In addition to the forms of support described above I may form oneentirely ofsheet .metal spun or pressed into the desired shape, and sucha form of support I have shown in Fin. 6.

depression 9 is formed in the plug 3 or in that portion of the supportserving the same purpose for the reception-of a Acard or label 10,containing advertising matter or.

matter relating to or indicating the record to be placedy upon thatsupport. The card is preferably placed in this depression, so that therewill be no liability of injury tothe same.

In the form of support shown in Fig. 6 the depression 9 is provided withundercut walls 9, which serve to prevent accidental displacement of acard or label placediu said depression.

In the form of support shown in Fig. 2 the plug 3 is secured in the tube2 by means of srnall pins "3*, passing through said tube.

The base containing the series of supports is preferably arranged in abox ll, for car- 5 riage, as show nNimFig 7, theV box being of such sizethat the base of the holder will exactly [it to the interior of thesame. A layerv ports secured to said base, eachof said supports having a)Jody of'I suiciently less diameter than the interior' of the record toICO- l freely enter the same withoutcontact therewith and an enlargedhead adapted to fit the interior of the record-so that the same will beheld in a vertical position on said base.

2. A holder for phonograph or graphophone records comprising a baseand aseries ofsupports secured to said base, each of said supports beingslightly less in height .than the record, having abody of less diameterthan the internal diameter of the record, and an enlarged head fittingsaid internal diameter of the record.

A support forming a holder for phono? phone records, said supportcomprising a series of holders secured to a suitable base,A each havinga Vportion fitting the internal diameter-of the record, each of saidholders also having a depression in the top for the reception ofarlexible card or label, whereby the latter may be protectdfrorn injury.

5. A support for phonograph or grapho-' phone records, s aid'supportcomprising a holder secured to a suitable base,.and having` 3o a portionfitting t-he internal diameter of the record, said holder having i1i,thetop a depression with un'decn't walls'fr :the reception `of a flexiblecard or label, whereby the latter may be held against displacement.

In testimony whereof I-ha've signed my name to this specification in thepresence iof two subscribing witnesses. Y

n CHAS. A. GILDEMEYER. Witnesses:

MURRAY C. BOYER, Jos. H. KLEIN.

